Chicken Parmesan

Preparing the Chicken

• Begin by slicing your chicken breast in half to form 2 equal sized pieces.

Cutting Chicken Breasts In Half

Cutting Chicken Breasts In Half

Halved Breast

• Using a meat tenderizing hammer, pound each piece until it is about ¼ inch thick or less.

Breading the Chicken

• In a medium sized bowl, combine 3 eggs and ⅓ cup of all-purpose flour then whisk until smooth.

• Put the breadcrumbs in a shallow pan to make it easier to bread the chicken breasts.

Eggs & Flour Mixture

Eggs & Flour Whisked Smoothe

• Completely immerse each piece of chicken in the egg mixture, let the excess batter drip off and then cover both sides with bread crumbs.

Chicken Breast In Batter

Chicken Breast In Batter

Breading The Chicken Breast

• Set the breaded pieces aside on a tray or cookie sheet.

Breaded Chicken Breast

Breaded Chicken Breast

Note:  Using Italian flavored breadcrumbs is optional.  You can use regular bread crumbs seasoned with Mike's Season All. 

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The 3 simple ingredients in this seasoning will add a wonderful flavor to savory dishes. You can add it to your marinades or use it from a salt shaker to sprinkle over fried foods like chicken wings, breaded or battered fish. It will basically go well with most fried foods.

You can also make your own Italian flavored bread crumbs.

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This Italian seasoned breadcrumb mix is wonderfully flavorful and takes very little time to put together. Once you try it, you might wonder why you would ever buy the pre-seasoned crumbs again.

Frying the Chicken

• Pour 2 cups of sunflower oil, or other cooking oil in a deep skillet and set the temperature to medium.

  • Add a small piece of breading to the oil to serve as a temperature gauge.  One the test piece has browned, the oil is sufficiently heated.

Oil For Frying Chicken Breasts

Frying Chicken Breasts

• Once the oil has heated, fry each piece of chicken on both sides until they are golden brown.

  • They should not take long to cook, given the thinness of the chicken.  A couple of minutes on each side should suffice.

• Set the cooked pieces aside on a baking pan.  Do not use parchment paper for broiling, as incorrectly depicted in the image below.

• Put a bit of your favorite pasta sauce on each piece, along with a generous amount of mozzarella cheese.

• Dust with a generous quantity of parmesan cheese.

• Broil until the cheese melts and browns.  This should only take a couple of minutes.

Chicken Parmesan With Cheese

Chicken Parmesan With Cheese

• Serve with pasta or gnocchi.